“Knock, knock…”
They had just finished their meal when there was a knock on the door and Han Zheng's voice: "Huaying, it's me."
Yun Huaying got up to open the door for him. Seeing that he was holding an enamel cup, she asked, "Have you eaten?"
"I'm done eating."
Han Zheng had just boiled a large pot of ginger soup at home. He poured a bowl for each of his grandparents to warm them up and ward off the cold. He also brought a bowl down for Yun Huaying. "This is freshly boiled ginger soup. Drink it while it's hot. Then go to bed early."
Yun Huaying took the cup and said to him with a faint smile: "I took a shower and took a nap, and just drank a big bowl of porridge. I feel much better."
"If you still feel weak tomorrow morning, don't go to work. Rest at home for a day or two. I'll help you with the work." Han Zheng said as he put his arm around her shoulders and sat down at the table.
Lin Shan and Jiang Yuan looked at Han Zheng's hand on her shoulder, their pupils shrank slightly, and they instantly had a guess.
Lin Shan blinked her round eyes, a smile flickering on her face: "Huaying, did you forget to tell me something important?"
Yun Huaying smiled but said nothing.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Han Zheng took the initiative to answer: "After my soft and hard persuasion, Comrade Yun Huaying agreed to date me."
When they were in Jinling, she still hadn't agreed. On the way back, she caught a cold and felt unwell. He took good care of her all the way. After his repeated confessions, she finally agreed. However, she was only willing to date him and was not willing to talk about marriage for the time being.
For him, officially dating is already a big step, and he is not in a hurry to get married. He has plenty of time and perseverance to wait for her to completely open her heart and accept him.
"Brother Zheng, Yun Huaying, congratulations to you." Jiang Yuan congratulated with a smile.
Lin Shan was also very optimistic about them. She was happy for her best friend to find happiness and said with a smile, "Huaying, I'm looking forward to eating your and Brother Zheng's wedding candy."
"It's still early." Yun Huaying smiled.
"We're not in a hurry to eat wedding candy. I hope you can stay here with me for a while longer."
Lin Shan was reluctant to let her leave. She had taken leave for the past ten days and had been traveling out of town. She had been feeling empty inside. Fortunately, she had made a friend, Jiang Yuan, otherwise she really wouldn't be able to adapt to the life here without relatives or friends.
"I won't leave here in the next one or two years." Yun Huaying assured her and told her not to think too much.
"Ah, you haven't been away for the past year or two?"
Lin Shan was slightly surprised. She looked at Han Zheng and asked, "Brother Zheng, your family is in Jinling, so your job should be arranged in your place of residence. If Huaying doesn't go there, it won't be good for you two to be separated, right?"
"My job hasn't been decided yet, so it may not be in Jinling."
Han Zheng asked his grandparents as soon as he got home. The order for his job transfer had not come down yet. He planned to go to the county town in the next two days to call and ask about the arrangements.
"Oh, I see." Lin Shan didn't ask any more questions.
Han Zheng thought the three women would probably be talking about some private matters, and that his presence would only disturb their conversation. "Huaying, give me your dirty clothes. I'll go wash them. You've caught a cold, so don't touch cold water."
"No, I can wash it myself. I'll boil some hot water tomorrow." Yun Huaying was embarrassed to ask him to help wash the clothes.
"I'll go take a shower, don't catch a cold again."
Han Zheng didn't give her a chance to refuse. He went straight to the wooden room where she took a shower and took away her dirty clothes. As he left, he said, "Huaying, I'll hang them up later and won't knock on the door. Drink the ginger soup and go to bed early."
After he left, Lin Shan went to close the door. When she turned around, she had a playful smile on her face: "Huaying, Brother Zheng is so good to you. It's rare to find a man who cares about you so much and is so considerate."
Men like Han Zheng are indeed rare. Yun Huaying has seen men of all kinds of personalities in her past and present lives, and most of them are somewhat patriarchal. It is really rare to find a man who can work hard for his career outside and is willing to take good care of a woman at home. So when she met him, her cold heart slowly melted.
Jiang Yuan didn't tease her. It was normal for people of their age to date and get married. She made two cups of hot tea, took out the unfinished yarn, and sat at the table to continue knitting.
Lin Shan was about to get the yarn when she suddenly remembered something. "Huaying, I almost forgot something. The day after you took leave, the postman delivered a package to you. It was quite heavy, like a book. I signed for it for you. Oh, and there was also a letter signed by Yan Tao."
"Give it to me." Yun Huaying guessed that it was a book that needed to be translated that was mailed by a scientific research unit.
After Lin Shan brought it over, Yun Huaying immediately opened the envelope. There were five books in the brown paper envelope, three of which were English medical books, and the other two were natural biology books.
In addition to the books that need to be translated, there is also a handwritten letter from the leader of the scientific research unit, accompanied by a work permit.
The two people nearby saw these foreign books and guessed that they were mailed to her for translation. Jiang Yuan was completely confused and asked, "Yun Huaying, what are these books?"
"Three medical books and two natural biology books."
Seeing that she was convinced after only looking at the cover, Jiang Yuan was very impressed: "Your foreign language skills are amazing."
Lin Shan had never studied foreign languages and didn't understand the book at all. She just glanced at the cover and didn't bother to read the contents. Instead, she was concerned about something else: "Huaying, how much does this translated foreign language book cost?"
"The higher-ups haven't officially reinstated the translation remuneration system yet, but these are books needed by special research institutions. The institute's leadership gave me a remuneration in a letter, tentatively set at three yuan per thousand words. They'll raise it as appropriate once the remuneration system is reinstated."
The leader of the research institute personally read the trial manuscript she translated and was very satisfied with her translation ability. With the guarantee of Han Zheng and his former leader's wife, the research institute offered her a relatively high translation price.
"Three Yuan for a Thousand Words!"
Lin Shan and Jiang Yuan were both stunned.
Any of these books has at least 100,000 words and at most over 1 million words. Based on this price, wouldn't it be easy to become a millionaire?
Yun Huaying, familiar with the history of manuscript fees, smiled faintly and said, "Due to the current special circumstances, the royalties for translation and writing are the lowest. In fact, in the 1940s and 1950s, the royalties for translation and writing were much higher than they are now. I once heard from my uncle that he also worked part-time as a translator during college, and he could earn 5,000 to 6,000 yuan just by translating a single book."
Jiang Yuan gasped when she heard this, but she wasn't jealous at all. Instead, she was full of fighting spirit. "No, I have to hurry up and create more. I have to submit more articles to other newspapers and magazines and try to make as much money as possible. I can't let Yun Huaying fall behind too much."
Lin Shan had the same idea as her. The Youth Daily was still accepting manuscripts, but there was no rush to mail the next set of works. They had discussed before and planned to submit their works to other newspapers as well.
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